Sex Differences in Social and Sexual Problems Related to Overweight/Obesity in a Rwandan Sample
Umwiza-Ekollo, Marie Claire Anne Lize (2022)
Umwiza-Ekollo, Marie Claire Anne Lize
2022
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022121672005
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2022121672005
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Aim: The aim of the study was to investigate psychosocial problems due to overweight/obesity in a Rwandan sample.
Method: A questionnaire including scales measuring physical, psychological, social, and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity was constructed. It was filled in by 123 women and 85 men. The mean age was 36.0 years for women and 39.7 for men. The mean body weight was 109.9 kg (SD = 12.0) for women, and 114.7 (SD = 10.8) for men. An important number of participants had a BMI indicating obesity, and one respondent with a BMI below 25.0 was omitted. The mean value for BMI was 41.75 for women and 41.42 for men.
Results: BMI correlated significantly for both women and men with physical, psychological, social, and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity. Men scored significantly higher than women on the frequency of social problems and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity. Psychological, social, and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity were more frequent than physical problems for both women and men. The frequency of victimisation from intimate partner abuse due to overweight/obesity was significantly correlated with BMI for women but not for men.
Conclusions: Overweight/Obesity was associated with several psychosocial problems for both women and men.
Method: A questionnaire including scales measuring physical, psychological, social, and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity was constructed. It was filled in by 123 women and 85 men. The mean age was 36.0 years for women and 39.7 for men. The mean body weight was 109.9 kg (SD = 12.0) for women, and 114.7 (SD = 10.8) for men. An important number of participants had a BMI indicating obesity, and one respondent with a BMI below 25.0 was omitted. The mean value for BMI was 41.75 for women and 41.42 for men.
Results: BMI correlated significantly for both women and men with physical, psychological, social, and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity. Men scored significantly higher than women on the frequency of social problems and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity. Psychological, social, and sexual problems due to overweight/obesity were more frequent than physical problems for both women and men. The frequency of victimisation from intimate partner abuse due to overweight/obesity was significantly correlated with BMI for women but not for men.
Conclusions: Overweight/Obesity was associated with several psychosocial problems for both women and men.
Kokoelmat
- 515 Psykologia [233]